John Pomfret

John Pomfret, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, served as a correspondent for the Washington Post for two decades, covering wars, revolutions, and China. His recent book, The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom, won the Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations. Other books by Pomfret include From Warsaw with Love and Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China. The recipient of numerous journalism awards, he lives with his wife and three children in Berkeley, CA.